• 10
    Jun

    You never know what the day will bring. Or, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

    I’d been on the road, shooting events and green screen photo executions in rapid succession that would put a politician canvassing Iowa during a primary season to shame. One week:  six cities in 7 days.  And these were major events, one after another, in rapid succession.  Stressful with travel, juggling client requests, and even weather. […]

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  • 01
    Feb

    Photography Lighting: An LED Update

    This year, US Event Photos hit the ground running.  I can easily remember in past years where our first event was over Valentines Day; this year, I’m in my 6th city in four weeks, with other events completed in Las Vegas and Washington, DC by mom and Melanie.  That means we’ve done 8 cities this […]

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  • 06
    Jan

    The Business of Photography Part 4: New Equipment and the story behind it. OR Make Photography Great Again.

    Warning:  if you are not a professional photographer or serious hobbyist, this is one of those boring posts.  Suck it up, buttercup!  My fellow photographers have been emailing me a few questions.  Time to provide a few answers.  If you are bored just read the (Tourettes notes).  I am funny. Every year, I schedule a break […]

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  • 09
    Nov

    The Business of Photography: Part 3 Leading (With Tourette's Notes!)

    The cab crawled from the Las Vegas Convention Center and The Las Vegas Hilton — now a weird off brand– to the brand new Mandalay Bay Convention Center and Hotel.  It was my first time in Las Vegas, and I stared out the window at the glittering Las Vegas Blvd as the cab (begrudgingly) took […]

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  • 26
    Oct

    The Business of Photography Part 2: Giving them what they want.

    In the last blog post, I started a rambling discussion on the business of photography.  While your eyes may have glazed over, there is a method to my madness:  so many photographers are ARTISTS (as in, Ohhhhhh, Mi Cherie!  I am an ARTEEST!”) and not business people.  Then they become frustrated as two things happen: […]

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  • 05
    Oct

    The Business of Photography: part one, finding your niche and making it work.

    “Oh my God that’s sooooooo cool!  You are, like, sooooooo lucky!” That’s my seatmate’s reaction every, single, time when I answer the question of “what do you do?” to the person crammed into the middle seat of the Southwest flight to Wherever City. “Oh, I’d just loooooooove to see your work!” Inevitably the second breathless […]

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  • 04
    Sep

    Bold Photography and 2016

    I just wrapped shooting a major conference in New York City.  Four long days, the theme of the executive event was simple: Be bold. That’s it.  Be bold.  More than 40 hours of shooting in four days, boiled down to two simple words. But it’s not as easy as you think.  Being bold inherently means […]

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  • 19
    Jul

    Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Carpet One and the JumboTron

    This last week has been a whirlwind, and the wind is only going to whirl harder (I head to OshKosh and Airventure 2015 next).  The first part of the week, I spent at the Nashville BioDome, better known as the Nashville Gaylord Hotel, for an old client, AGA.  That was a great greenscreen photo booth […]

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  • 21
    May

    Embrace the Shake to Climb Mount Everest (or how I rediscovered my love of conference photography)

    I admit it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to write.  Much has changed. And — well, not so much. First and foremost, Matthew and I are now firmly rooted in our new palace in Palm Harbor, Florida.  While that may not SEEM like a big deal — it’s been a major transition. […]

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  • 27
    Mar

    The Importance of Team, Part 2

    In the last blog post, I ranted about my team — and how each of us brings something different to an experiential photo execution.  The union of those different benefits is one factor that makes our team so strong.  I said, for example, my mother brings decades of experience and vitality to her shoots, Melanie […]

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